Animal-holding device.



M. B. NELSON. ANIMAL HOLDING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. Z4, 1910. 999 ,840, Patented Aug. 8,1911.

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MARVIN E. NELSON, 0F ESBON, KANSAS.

ANIMAL-HOLDING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 24, 1910.

Patented Aug. 8, 1911.

serial No. 599,087.

To all lwhom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, MARVIN E. NELSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Esbon, in the county of Jewell and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Holding Devices,of which the following is a specication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,

This invention is an improved device for holding an animal, especiallyfor holding a horse for shoeing or for treatment and being also adaptedfor other similar uses, the invention consisting in the construction,combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is partly an elevation and partlya sectional view of an animal holding device constructed in accordancewith my invention; and Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of one end ofthe device.

In accordance with my invention I provide a stock 1 which is providedwith a pair of longitudinal bores 2, 3 which extend therethrough fromend to end. One end of the stock, which I will term the inner end, ishollowed or concaved as at 4 to adapt it to fit against one side, say ofthe nose of a horse or other animal. The outer end of the stock isprovided at that portion thereof through which the bore 3 extends with ashoulder 5.

A screw 6 is movable longitudinally in, for engaging, the bore 2 and onthe said screw is a hand wheel the hub of which forms a nut 8 whichengages the thread of the screw and bears against the outer end of thestock. A rope 9 has one end disposed in the bore 2 and connected to theinner end of the screw 6. A loop or bight 10 is formed in the rope andthe other end of the rope passes through the bore 3. A spring catch 11which comprises an arm 12 and an arm 13 at right angles thereto issecured with its arm 12 bearing on the shoulder 5 of the stock and itsarm 13 on one side of the stock and opening outwardly therefrom toenable the free end of the rope to be caught between the free. outer endof the side arm 13 and the opposing side of the stock and therebysecured at any desired adjustment as indicated in Fig. 1. It will beunderstood that the bight of the rope may be readily tightened aroundthe nose of the animal and that the rope may be secured by engaging thesame with the spring catch 11. If it be desired to tighten the ropearound the nose of the animal this may be readily done by turning thehand wheel 7 so as to cause the end thereof to coact with the threads ofthe screw and drawing thescrew 6 outwardly and thereby increase thetension on t-he bight or loop of the rope.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is The hereindescribed animal holding device comprising a stock having a shoulder atits outer end and also having a pair of bores extending longitudinallytherethrough from end to end, a screw movable longitudinally in one ofthe bores, but out of threaded engagement therewith, a hand wheel on thescrew, a nut engaging the screw and bearing against the outer end of thestock at a point to one side of the'shoulder, a rope attached to thescrew, having a bight portion at the inner end of the stock, and beingalso passed through the other bore of the stock, and a spring catch onthe stockat the outer end thereof, said catch having an arm bearing onthe shoulder and provided with an opening through which the ropeextends, and also having an arm at one side of and opening outwardlyfrom the stock, to enable the free end of the rope to be caught betweenthe last mentioned arm, and the opposing side of the stock.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

MARVIN E. NELSON. Witnesses Gr. T. ROSE, O. D. Honors.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

